Patrick Langan had a
number of aliases, including Peter R. Langdon,
Patrick Lannigan,
and Lansford W. Rose.
Patrick Langan may have studied at the
University of Dublin.
Patrick Langan came to
America from Ireland in 1869.
After arriving in America, he lived in
Knoxville, Tennesse,
and in Little Rock, Arkansas.
He moved to Metropolis, Illinois, where he
was arrested and convicted of larceny.
In 1880, he was listed as living
in Anna, Union County, Illinois.
He is believed to have set up his
practice in Kankakee in about 1882.
He is listed in Kankakee city directories
in the years 1896, 1898-1899, 1902, and 1904.
This item was printed in the Decatur Daily Republican on November 15,
1893.
This item was printed in the Fort Wayne Gazette on December 16, 1894.
This item was printed in the Decatur Herald on May 27, 1904.